torrie's

[Jack Daw]

I love toories. Here's part of a song my mom and dad used to sing:

'Twas the toorie on his bonnet,
The red toorie on it.
His red toorie-oorie-oorie-ay -
He left his kilt and sporran
And off he went to war in
His red toorie-oorie-oorie-ay.
And when swinging into action
He's the centre of attraction
He's the pride of Bonnie Scotland, so they say.
But what made the Gerries run?
It was not his Tommy gun,
'Twas the toorie on his bonnet,
The bonnie toorie on it
His red toorie-oorie-oorie-ay!

LOL! Not convincing enough, though, for me.

[cavscout]

I was actually wondering if you are interested in making one for me. I'll drop you a PM.

[Jock Scot]

If there is no toorie on your bonnet it can neither be a balmoral or a glengarry, but a bonnet it will remain.

[Nick the DSM]

wouldnt it be called a tam o shanter then?

[Jack Daw]

If there is no toorie on your bonnet it can neither be a balmoral or a glengarry, but a bonnet it will remain.

I agree.

[Jock Scot]

I have to confess that I have not studied "Tams",so I don't know about toories and "tams".Just so that you all know,here in Scotland and particularly in the Highlands, the word BONNET is a general term for a hat ,it is not just thought of in terms of Balmoral,glengarry or even the tam.

[Nick the DSM]

it could possibly be the same but under a different name, irish maybe?

[JerseyLawyer]

I believe a tam o'shanter is usually knit these days, whereas a glengarry or a balmoral or a caubeen, for that matter, is usually made out of wool. All the tam o'shanters I've seen have a large pom-pom on top, much larger than the toorie on a glengarry or balmoral.

I don't know, though. Maybe there's a tam expert out there.

[cacunn]

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[Nick the DSM]

so they're similar?